Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-05

TIE ARGoW STEAMSHIP CoMPANf.-itt
q recent meeting Of tie board OF trustees OF
the Arrow Steamship Company held IN rev
Y.rR ne fo,!owing YVES adopted:
Whereas. 1t is deemed advisable by this board
,,b,rrow a sum of money not exceeding one mil
Inn dollars. for the purpose o! iaciiittting thc
~; i,,o of the cost q construction of thc Amcri-
r.u steamship pncahOnig-, now being blitb by this
c,.onauy al Alex tndria, Virginia, and 10 alc IA
construction OF sister ships "a The Pocahont%S.
hereafter to hc constructed by SAID company 10
s..blisi in cum; ciiOn with the PocahontaS as 3
i..,do, Xn American trAns-A tiantc passenger Inc
L.t,.e., IT,, port If New York vicinity and
Europe, the PRIME lja.t of this comrsny @ow
hs IL
Eesoved. by this boar! that the 81 sident and
SECRETARY of The Arrow Steamship Company DO
.tad they hereby Afe authorized ana en- o"eIeu 10
make execute. acknowledge and deliver Il mort
rage ia due form of law, containing sncl co.o'
isnts and provisions as they may deem Vs. coi'
viewing all the rSal aud personal estate OF inns com
many whercsoever situate. together VIII all It's
tronrbigcs tights and privileges, TO the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company, OF the c;tT OF Rev
yak trustee hereby appointed by this boar! 10
h,ld said property in trust Tor the purpose cf Sc
c,,ing the pay nont of the principal aud interest
~ one thousand bonds hereby authorized 10 b.
made. executed issued and delivered by the Pres
d.ut and Secretary Of this company, aud each to
Lctr date on the 10th dag OF August, 1851, ANA
c,ch payablc to tic holder thereof four years
after date with interest, payable semiannuai!y
~ and after the rate OF tlX per ccntum
u,, snoum nj the Clicc of the Farmers Loan and
trust Company aforesaid Said bonis 10 be Issntd
81. common bonds and in the denomination Vi one
Ihnussnd dollars each, but said bonds may at the
option of the holders at any time be reG!stcrcl on
t5e hooks Of tho company in the city OF New
York and after such registration they shall not
b, transferable on the books OF the company uu-
less the last transfer be TO bearer, and they shall
continue subject to successive registrations and
transfers to bearer at the option Of each ho'oer
They shall be certified and c0unterslgnCd by inc
r,csidcnt and secretary of the Farmers Loan and
trust Company, aud none of said bonds shall be
yslid for any purpose unless SO signed and count
ersigped All of said bonds so many OF them
as may be necessary, to be issued for the sole
purpose OF paying the cost CT construction OF inc
steamship Pccahontas ana her SISTER SHIPS ~
aforesaid.
Ia conformity with the above it is under
stood that the deed O; trust signed by persons
owning over three fourtbs Of the stock OF
the company has been executed and record
cd and that the bonds, which ere now beng
engraved, will he ready to be placed On the
market IN few days. The Farmers Loan
ana Trust Company in whose favor the
deed Of mortgage is made and VINO guaran-
Zee the paynen; OF the interest on The bonds
tn no issued i. one of the wealihjesf trust
companies of New York.
II ~ learned that at . more receul meet
ing of the company the Office OF resident
director was abolished and that Mr., }. ID.
Connolly, who has occupied that position IN
this ci;y Tor some time past, will soon retire
as such Mr. Connolly will continue Is one
of the trustees OF the company.
RI REV. DR. KEANE, Bishop OF Rch.
mond, preached to a very large cansrega
ton nj ST. Mary's Church yesterday Ills
theme was the reascnablencss Of devotion
IN The Blessed Virgin and its fuundn'i Ii 10
Holy Scripture, upon which h9 made very
lopical and able discourse. At the close he
fented a nest interesting incident, which
oe 40 not remember To have seeu in print.
H. ia we'll known that, in the siXtt cath CEN
tu:y. shortly after Luther began the retIr-
matiol. the Jesuit missionaries, beaded Icy
the celebrated St Fraucis Nsvicr, made
MANY thousands OF converts in japan and
TINT, for u time, Cathoiicity tGurished IN
that empire. In after years, however, q
terrible persecution arose and many Of the
Christmas suffered death N lta most cruel
forms for their faith. Christianity was sup
nosed TO have been entirely eXti!pated, and,
In prevent lis revival The Du,ch only were
,ttoged 10 trade with tina: country, ana
that 10 very limited extent. end they were
made 70 trampie upon the cross rs condi
ton for trading. In 1854 Commodore Perry,
with an American squadron, boldly forced
his WAY in:o Japan, and the Eogdsh ana
Russians followed, and the empire beng
,g.in omen TO missionaries the Catholics
vycrn not slow in sending some. The Bishcp
sajd he had bean told by n japanese bishop
he had met at Rome that when they began
to preach and the report OF their preaching
went abroad. some old men from The moua
,ains came 10 hear them, aud after the
Dreachiup went TO their house with them,
and asked u great many questions about
their doctrines. That night their house was
surrounded by mob and broken open, and
thew themselves were seiZed and firmly held
while the entire cdiice WAS thoroughly
searched. They were then released, and
their Gaptors informed them that they rep
resented twenty thousand Christians &C.
scended from Navier's converts, that they
had continued TO baptizs their children and
live according to the Catholic religion. as
far "a they knew how, and tfat there being
~ tradition among them that the European
missionaries would one day return to Japan,
they had come to see whether they were
Catholics or not Their fathers had tod
them that the Catholic missionaries SAID tOe
Hail Mary and had no wives, They had
heard that prayer in thtlr puollc deVotions
and wanted to he satisfied as to the latter
part ofthe test. and had, therefore, searched
their house for their wives, who they
thought might possibly be concealed. Not
finding any women, they were satisfied that
they were the missionaries they wanted, and
they, therefore. renewed their visible con-
nection with the Catholic church.
This morning, after the usual mass Of the
HOLY Ghost 10 beg His light and blessing on
the work of the schools for the coming year,
the Bishop delivered very otlecfionate and
instructive address to the assembled children
and their teachers and gave them, es di.
gected by Pope Leo MIL in recent visit to
him, his solemn blessing.
TuEI. G. b 1.-THE national convention